Board Game Bash is coming up on August 12-14, and it's 51 hours of non-stop board game action! Taking place at the Austin Marriott South right here in beautiful Austin, Texas, Board Game Bash is all the board games you can cram into a weekend.

Most folks come for the large open gaming area. We're renting out the entirety of the hotel's meeting space, so there will be tons of room to play whatever games you like. Bring your own games, check one out from our library, or come and see what other people are playing. In any case, open gaming alone would be enough to fill up a weekend.

But we also have events! Life size versions of Robo Rally and Tsuro. A mega track of Pitchcar. Tournaments for Dominion, Meuterer, Cash 'n Guns, 7 Wonders, Netrunner, Loot, Money, Ticket To Ride, Scavengers, Smash Up, Mystic Vale, and more! Game demos! A puzzle hunt! Special events! And for the first time ever, Board Game Bash presents: BOARD RAGE, a table flipping contest. Yes, you can finally let out all that you've been holding in and show off how you'd flip a table!

It runs through the night all weekend long, providing non-stop gaming for 51 hours. Showers and naps are recommended, however.

But if you want to guarantee your place, you'd better pre-register! You'll save $10 versus buying at the door, get first shot at signing up for events, and get a sweet custom-printed name button. Plus, if the con sells out, then you might be turned away at the door, and that would be a disaster. Nobody wants to end up in tears, so pre-register!

If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me a GM or write to info@boardgamebash.com.

I can't stay for all three days. I can't get there until very late on Friday night (after 9pm). If I want to start gaming then, do I have to buy a Friday badge and a Saturday badge (I have leave late in the day on Saturday... maybe very late)? I guess the question is, when does the gaming badge switch from Friday to Saturday?

The day badges are meant to cover the stated day and that night, so the Friday badge would be from the convention opening until Saturday morning. The day badges are meant for being just the one day, such that if you go for two days, you're better off getting a full badge.

Ask for me, Jonathan, when you actually get in on Friday. We'll work it out. (Or feel free to GM me if that's better for you.)